Contact information
For further information please contact Ann-marie Orr (maternity matron) at a.orr2@nhs.net
* To ensure the delivery suite runs effectively and smoothly 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. To create an environment that promotes normality of birth and ensures a positive risk culture that promotes the safety of women and their families
* To provide professional and managerial leadership, support and direction for all staff employed within the Labour Ward and to directly manage the Senior Midwives and lead the midwifery team.
* To delegate lead roles to the labour ward coordinators and to be responsible for ensuring these roles are supported and carried out effectively.
* To undertake to oversee continual improvement of the service in response to National directives in line with Clinical Governance principles and continuous quality improvements of patient care.
* Contribute to strategic direction, business planning, project work and commissioning of services.
* To provide Midwifery leadership, advice and support to all Midwives employed within the Trust, ensuring excellence in practice within the statute as promulgated by the NMC and Department of Health.
* To work in partnership with the Trust Risk Management Team.
* To maintain, manage and develop a safe environment for staff patients and visitors and adhere to the Trust Risk Management Policy.
* To ensure accurate timely data is collected, by overseeing the databases, and staff training requirements for these
Main duties
* To monitor professional practice within the clinical area in order to provide the highest standard of care, developing and strengthening Midwifery roles where appropriate.
* To provide midwifery leadership, advice and support midwives employed within the Trust.
* To provide a clinical presence on the Labour Ward for being responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards.
* To support the Trust maternity services programmes to meet its statutory requirements and objectives in terms of Clinical Governance (CQC standards, Risk Management, CNST, clinical risk).
* Provide professional midwifery leadership to promote normality and women centred care. Proactively strive for continuous improvements in the delivery of high quality women focused care.
* To promote a positive learning environment where lessons are learnt and changes implemented to ensure delivery of a quality service.
* To improve standards of cleanliness within the ward/department.
* To provide a visible, accessible presence on the Labour Ward to whom patients and their families can turn for assistance and support.
* To facilitate the prevention of hospital acquired infections.
* Maintain a professional appearance in line with the Trust dress code
* Uphold the Trust’s values and behaviours (available on the Trust web site) and behave in a manner fitting with the responsible position of the post holder, maintaining the public confidence
* Maintain professional and courteous working relationships with staff and respect the equality and diversity of each and every person he/she comes into contact with in the course of his/her business
* Uphold the privacy and dignity of the patient and respect the equality of patients at all time
* The post holder will be required to maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
* Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services, and initiatives to provide, information and analytical advice to strategic leads.
* Work with members of the Team to develop and implement project data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data.
* Communicate information and issues, including briefings and reports, to job manager, strategic lead/ strategic manager as appropriate
Essential person specification requirements
* Registered midwife
* Midwifery degree or equivalent
* Significant post registration experience and evidence of post registration study ALSO /NALS/NIPE desirable
* Excellent leadership skills/ Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Knowledge of people management /effective role model. compassionate and approachable
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application guidance:
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Our benefits
* Access to the NHS pension plan
* Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
* Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
* Extensive benefits and support, including:
* Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Home electronics scheme
* Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
* Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
* Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
* Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
* Career progression, training and support
Skilled worker sponsorship
You can find out more about skilled worker and health and care visas on our careers site .